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    Blackbird

    Sydney, AustraliaFounded 2012

    Blackbird is an Australasian venture capital firm that invests in founders from the idea stage through to publicly listed corporations. It focuses on ambitious technology companies across software, deep tech, AI, healthcare, space, and clean energy.

    Deal activity increased 60% year-over-year (16 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $48.9M (across 167 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    133

    Fund Size

    $640M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    16

    Team

    Alex Apoifis

    Alex Apoifis

    Operations Partner, Chief Operating Officer

    Becca Kennedy

    Becca Kennedy

    Building Blackbird People & Culture Partner

    Michael Tolo

    Michael Tolo

    Investments Partner

    Nick Crocker

    Nick Crocker

    Investments Partner

    Niki Scevak

    Niki Scevak

    Investments Partner

    PH

    Phoebe Harrop

    Investments Partner

    Rick Baker

    Rick Baker

    Investments Partner

    Samantha Wong

    Samantha Wong

    Investments Partner

    Tom Humphrey

    Tom Humphrey

    Investments Partner

    Joel Connolly

    Joel Connolly

    Building Blackbird Creative Director & Head of Blackbird Foundation

    James Palmer

    James Palmer

    Investments Principal

    Kate Glazebrook

    Kate Glazebrook

    Building Blackbird Head of Impact & Operating Principal

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    212 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    AAzonicPre-Seed—Aug 2026
    Vexev logoVexevUnknown$6MAug 2026
    Baseten logoBasetenSeries B$1.5BJun 2026
    Forage logoForageSeries B$40MJun 2026
    Rhea Space Activity logoRhea Space ActivitySeries A$6MApr 2026
    Halter logoHalterSeries E$220MMar 2026
    NextWork logoNextWorkSeed$4.5MMar 2026
    Ivo logoIvoSeries B$55MJan 2026
    GGilmour Space TechnologiesSeries E$217MJan 2026
    Kimia logoKimiaSeed$7MJan 2026
    Adora logoAdoraSeed$7MJan 2026
    Elyos AI logoElyos AISeries A$13MJan 2026
    Adora logoAdoraSeed$9.9MJan 2026
    Baseten logoBasetenSeries E$300MJan 2026
    Halter logoHalterSeries E$220MJan 2026
    Wonder Studios logoWonder StudiosSeed$12MOct 2025
    Wonder logoWonderSeed—Oct 2025
    Heidi logoHeidiSeries B$65MOct 2025
    HHeidi HealthSeries B$65MOct 2025
    Morse Micro logoMorse MicroSeries C$59MSep 2025
    MMarlooPre-Seed$2.7MSep 2025
    PsiQuantum logoPsiQuantumSeries E$1BSep 2025
    Lorikeet logoLorikeetSeries A$35MAug 2025
    Halter logoHalterSeries D$165MJun 2025
    Ravio logoRavioSeries A—May 2025
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    Top Co-Investors

    Skip Capital24 shared
    Felicis17 shared
    AirTree17 shared
    Startmate17 shared
    Grok Ventures14 shared
    Hostplus13 shared
    Y Combinator11 shared
    HongShan8 shared
    BOND8 shared
    K1W18 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026